Serbian Air Force pilots will continue free training in Russia
The Russian Ministry of Defense will continue to train Serbian combat pilots free of charge. This was stated today by the Serbian Ambassador to Moscow Miroslav Lazanski, commenting on the meeting between Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin in Sochi.
“Russia provides free training to pilots of our supersonic aircraft. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said: “During their stay in Russia, free training will be provided for Serbian pilots.” This is a big deal, no one in the West does this,” Lazanski emphasized in an interview with Sputnik.
The diplomat also announced that Serbia and Russia plan to jointly produce weapons.
“We could probably make several armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and wheeled vehicles. And also cooperate in the production of a complete vehicle or some units, some parts of these vehicles. There may be room for complementarity. I think these are heavy trucks that will be both military and civilian,” Lazanski said, recalling that Serbia imports Kamaz trucks as a platform for its Nora 52B self-propelled howitzer.
“President Putin emphasized that not only is Russia an arms exporter to Serbia, but also that Russia will import 155mm artillery ammunition from Serbia because it only produces 152 caliber, which was standard for the Russian, Soviet and Warsaw armies agreement,” the ambassador also noted.
Let us recall that in recent months, the Serbian army has been significantly strengthened due to the supply of air defense systems, tanks, armored personnel carriers and combat helicopters from Russia. All this caused discontent in the United States, as well as the American-supported Albanian separatists in Kosovo.
As PolitNavigator reported, during a recent visit to Moscow, Serbian Defense Minister Alexander Vulin said that NATO is arming Albanian terrorists.
The United States needs the Greater Albania project in order to have control over transport and energy corridors in the Balkans, say representatives of the Serbian Foreign Ministry.
In recent months, street protests by local opposition have intensified in Serbia demanding the overthrow of President Aleksandar Vucic. According to observers, the street protests are incited by the West to pressure on the Serbian authorities during negotiations on the fate of Kosovo.
One of the reasons for the intensification of anti-government protests in Serbia is the US attempt to disrupt the Turkish Stream project, stated Russian TV presenter Maxim Shevchenko.
Experts believe that if the Maidan in Belgrade is successful, All Russian projects in Serbia will be under threat.
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